Window ventilating mechanism



30, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL 2,128,384

WINDOW VENTILATING MECHANI SM Original Filed Sept. 23, 1935 5She'ets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR5 E l Millard h. 7627(7'05/ far! h. Pic/Fe if.

ATTORNEYS Aug. 30, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL 2,128,334

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ATTORNEYJ- Aug. 30, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL WINDOW VENTILATINGMECHANISM Original Filed Sept. 25, 1953 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 A TTORNEYS Aug.30, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL WINDOW VENTILATING MECHANISM OriginalFiled Sept. 25, 1953 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 5 m M m A TTORNEYS 0, 1938. M. H.TONCRAY ET AL 28,384

WINDOW VENTILATING MECHANISM Original Filed Sept. 23, 1935 5Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTORS /7ziiard Eneray far/ ff P101122 2.

dapd a wmh ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED s'rA'rEs WINDOWVENTILATING MECHANISM Millard H. Toncray and Earl H. Pickett, Detroit,

Mich., assignors to Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, Micln, acorporation of Michi- Application September 23, 1933, Serial No. 690,844Renewed May I, 1937 5 Claims. (01. 296-44) This invention relates toventilating windows and is particularly adapted for use in automobile orother closed vehicle bodies. may be embodied in any one or all of thedoors of the body or, in the case of a sedan for example, may be used inconnection with the rear quarter window.

An object of the invention is to provide a ventilating window structureembodying a glass panel which may be shifted vertically within a windowopening in the body to open and close the same and which also may beswung in a horizontal direction about a vertical axis into differentadjusted positions, when the panel is in elevated position, to provide aventilating opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide a vertically slidableglass can'ylng panel capable of horizontal swinging movement when thepanel is in elevated position, and wherein a regulator mechanism havinga single operating control is provided for imparting both sliding andswinging movements to the panel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a vehicle body having awindow opening adapted to be closed by means of two vertically slidingglass carrying panels, one of said panels having the glass thereofpivoted to swing horizontally when the panel is elevated, and whereinregulator mechanism is provided for independently raising and loweringsaid panels and also for swinging the pivoted glass when in raisedposition within the window opening. Other objects of this invention willappear in the following description and appended claims, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specificationwherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

Fig. l is an elevation, partly broken away, taken from the inside of anautomobile door and illustrating one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view on a smaller scale, illustrating the glasspanels in lowered positions.

Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly broken away, taken from the outside ofthe door and illustrating the glass panels in elevated position.

Fig. 4 is a section taken through lines 8-4 of Fig. 1 in the directionof the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a section taken through lines 55 of Fig. 1 in the direction ofthe arrows.

Fig. 6 is a section taken through lines66 of Fig. 1 in the direction ofthe arrows.

Fig. 7 is a section taken through line 1-7 of Fig. 1 in the direction ofthe arrows.

The invention Fig. 8 isya section taken through lines 0-8 of Fig. l inthe direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary elevation taken from the outside of the door andshowing a modified form of construction. T

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9 showing one of the glass panels inelevated position and one in lowered position.

Fig. 11 is a horizontal section taken substantially along the line il-lloi Fig. 9 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 12 is a horizontal section taken substantially along the line i2i2of Fig. 9 in the direction of the arrows.

Before explaining in detail the present invention it is to be understoodthat the invention is not limited in its application to the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and ofbeing practiced or carried out in various ways. Also it is to beunderstood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is forthe purpose of description and not of limitation, and it is not intendedto limit the invention claimed herein beyond the requirements of theprior art.

In the present instance the invention has been embodied, by way ofexample, in the front door of an automobile body although it isunderstood that the structure may be applied to any window opening inthe automobile or vehicle body. The door comprises a front inclinedpillar i6 and a rear vertical pillar ii transversely joined at the topand bottom thereof in conventional manner and forming a main windowopening it. The outer panel of the door is illustrated at i3, this panelbeing flanged around the window opeg to provide the usual revealportions it. The inher metal panel of the door is illustrated at i5,this panel being concealed in practice by an inner trim panel indicatedat it in Fig. l. The window reveal at the inner side of the windowopening is finished by means of the usual garnish molding ll. Asillustrated in Fig. 5 the metal molding 8! is inwardly flanged at i142and engages a correspondingly flanged portion i40- oi the outer panel,thus providing a channel along the side edges and top of the windowopening within which is secured a felt covered metal channel strip is.The channel strip I8 is sloped at the forward edge of the opening inaccordance with the inclination of the door and provides the glassrunway at the front and rear edge of the opening for the sliding glasspanels. The strip extends along the top edge of the opening as shown at88a, see Fig. '1, to provide the header channel for receiving the upperedges of the glass panels when in raised positions. The channel strip Ithas a vertical extension ilb below the window sill which may be securedatits lower edge by a-suit'- able bracket l9 secured to the inner panell5.

. The channel strip also has a downward extension I at the rear edge ofthe door for guiding the rear panel during its vertical movement.

In the present instance the window opening i2 is controlled by means oftwo glass panels 20 and 2|, the latter being pivoted for swingingmovement within the forward portion of the opening. The glass 2| carriesa marginal channel shaped metal binding strip 22 which, in theembodiment of Fig. 1, extends continuously around the edges of the glasspane. The glass 2| in turn is supported within a skeleton metal frame 23shaped to conform to the contour of the forward portion of the windowopening, this frame terminating at its lower edge in 9. depending sheetmetal apron 23a. The apron is stamped at its upper horizontal edge toprovide a flange 23b spot welded to the lower side of the frame 23, seeFig. 7. The frame 23 around three sides of the glass panel 2| is ofgeneral channel shape closed along its outer face and adapted to travelwithin the glass runway I8. The frame 23 is pressed around its inside toprovide dove tail grooves 24 within which are anchored weather strips 25and 28 of suitable material, such as rubber, shaped to cooperate withthe edges of the glass panel 2|, when closed, so as to provide arelatively tight joint. The rear vertical side 'of the frame 23comprises a channel bar |23 opening rearwardly to receive a felt linedchannel member 21 providing a vertical runway for the forward edge of,the glass panel 20, this panel having a channel shaped binding strip 23secured to the marginal edges of the glass.

The glass panel 2| is pivoted at its upper edge within the frame 23 bymeans of a stud 29 secured to the framing 22 and fitting within a socket30 carried by the frame 23. At its lower edge the panel at 2| ispivotally mounted in the frame 23 by means of a stud 3|, see Fig. 7,secured at its upper end to the metal framing 22. The stud or pivot 3|has a bearing within an aperture in the reveal portion I4 of the outerbody panel, and carried by the lower end thereof is a pinion 32 havingteeth 33 meshing with the teeth 34 of a sliding rack bar 35. The hub ofthe pinion 32 has a hearing within a plate or bracket 36 which extendstransversely through an opening in the apron 23a and is flanged at 31 toem-= brace one edge of the rack bar 35. The plate or bracket 36 isprovided with upwardly projecting tongues struck up from the metalthereof and bolted at 36a to the apron 23a, see Fig. 6. The bottom ofthe pinion 32 rests upon a plate 39 flanged at its outer edge andriveted at 38' to the bracket 36. The rivets 38 also hold the outerflanged edge of a leaf spring 40, the forward flanged edge of whichunderlies and engages the bottom face of the rack bar 35 and yieldinglyholds the same in position within the flanged edge 31 of the bracket andin mesh with the pinion teeth.

The rear twisted end of. the rack bar 35 is pivoted at 4| to a plate 42which is offset outwardly and pivoted at 43 to a bracket 44 adjustablysecured to the inner panel l5. The lower offset portion of plate 42 isspot welded to a plate or bar 45 and forms therewith an oscillatable twoarm bell crank lever. It will be noted that the apron 23a is providedwith a two-way slot or guideway comprising, as shown particularly inFig. 3, a horizontal portion 46 and an upwardly extending radius portion41. The arm 45 of the bell crank lever is in turn provided with astraight normally horizontal slot or guideway portion 48 correspondingin length to the slot portion 44 and terminating in a downwardlyinclined angu-' lar portion 43.

As best seen in Fig. 1, the member or plate 42, as shown, is providedwith an upper offset latch projection or portion 42a. When the parts arein the positions in which they are shown in this figure, the projectionor latch 42a engages a stud or stop 44a carried by the adjustable plateor bracket 44 to prevent further movement of the plate 42 toward theleft about its pivot 43. Thus, the glass panel 2| is prevented frombeing swung outwardly beyond a predetermined point, namely beyond itsposition of Fig. 1. The stop and latch means herein shown for limitingor blocking the outward swinging movement of the glass panel 2|, isillustrated, merely by way of example, and it is to be understood thatother suitable means may be employed for this purpose. For example,

termined point in the path of movement of a button or stud 60 carried bythe'long arm 53b of a bell crank lever 58, hereinafter referred to.

The glass carrying frame 23 including the apron 23a is shiftedvertically into open and closed positions and the pivoted panel 2| isswung horizontally within the window opening,

by successive movements through the medium of a single regulatormechanism. In the present instance there is illustrated a suitableregulator for accomplishing these operations. The regulator comprises asupporting plate 50 secured to the inner panel of the door and carryinga gear sector 5| pivoted thereto at 5|a. Meshing with the sector 5| is apinion 52 which may be rotated by means of a crank arm 53 on the insideof the door. Fixed to the pivot 5|a of the gear sector is a swinging arm54 to the outer end of which is pivoted at 55 a link 56 which in turn ispivoted at 51 to the short arm 58a of a bell crank lever 56 pivoted at59 to the supporting plate 50. The long arm 58b of the bell crankcarries at its outer end a stud 60 which carries a yleldingly mounted.collar 60a held in position against the flanges 01 the plate 45 by meansof a spring 6|, see Fig.-

8. The stud 60 is installed so as to travel simultaneously in the slots46 and 41 of the apron and in the slots 48, 49 of the plate 45. Byturning the crank 53 of the regulator mechanism to operate the gearing,the bell crank 53 will be turned so as to swing the long arm 58b of themechanism from the position of Fig. 2 to the position of Fig. 3 and viceversa. It will be seen that the glass panel will be shifted verticallyduring the travel of the stud 60 in the corresponding guideway or slotportions 46 and 48, Fig. 2 illustrating the lower limit of verticalmovement of the glass panel and Fig. 3 illustrating the upper limit whenthe glass panel is in closed position, the pivoted glass 2| being heldin the plane of the panel and the window opening during this time. Thus,by turning the crank 53 in one direction the glass panel may be raisedto its full closed position during the travel of the stud B0 in thestraight horizontal slot portions 46and 48. After the glass hasreachedthis closed position, as shown in Fig. 3-, further turning of thecrank in the same direction will cause the stud 60 to travel idlythrough the arcuate amass slot 41. this slot or guideway portion beingconcentric with the arm 58b and hence preventing vertical movement ofthe panel. During this time the stud 80 will travel into the angularslot 49 in the plate or bar and by cam action will rock the bar, andhence the arm 42 about the pivot 43. This movement of the bell crank 42,45 will shift the rack bar endwise thereby rotating the pinion 32 andswinging the pivoted glass II on its pivots, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that the glass panel 2I may be independently swung,relatively to its slidable supporting frame, into various adjustedpositions within that part of the main window opening defined by thearea forwardly of the vertical partition bar I23. In this mannerventilating openings of varying sizes may be readily provided by asimple operation of the regulator mechanism. However, it will be notedthat vertical movement of the glass panel 2| is prevented until theoperator 53 is actuated a predetermined amount to swing said panel intofull closed position against the weather stripping 25, 26, as

shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and in the vertical plane of the sliding frame23, after which further movement of the operator causes the panel to belowered into the body of the door between the inner and outer bodypanels. Hence, by a continuous turning action of the regulator handle inone direction the glass panel can be raised into its closed positionshown in Fig. 3 and then swung about its vertical axis, as shown in Fig.1, to provide a ventilating opening.

In the present preferred embodiment of the invention, as applied to anautomobile door, the main window opening is, for all practical purposes,divided by the partition bar I23 into two openings which are separatelyclosed by means of the glass panels 20 and 2|. Where the invention isapplied to the rear quarter window opening it may be desirable toconstruct the pivoted glass panel 2| so as to close the entire opening,thus omitting the sliding panel 20. In the present instance thedepending apron 23a of the sliding frame 23 is flanged along its forwardvertical edge below the window sill to provide a channel or U-shapededge portion 62 adapted to be guided within the glass runway lab, seeFig. 6. The opposite vertical edge of the apron 23a is pressed toprovide reverse bends 63 and 64 terminating in a flanged edge 65 whichis guided vertically in an under-cut slot or recess formed between achannel bar 66 secured to the inner panel and a spacer strip 61 securedthereto by screws, see Fig; 6. The channel strip 21, below the windowsill, is spot welded to the inwardly bent edge 63 of the apron.

Fastened to the lower edge of the window glass 20 is a horizontalchannel strip 68 to which is secured a depending apron 69 the forwardedge of which is pressed to provide a channel shaped portion Ill adaptedto slide within the runway 21 carried by the apron 23a, see Figs. 3 and6. The edge of the apron 69 is reversely bent at II and terminates in aflange I2 extending oppositely to the guide flange 65 and slidablevertically within a corresponding under-cut guideway or slot formedbetween the members 66 and 61, as shown in Fig. 6. From thisconstruction it will be seen that the vertical guide 66, 61 carried bythe inner panel framing of the door provides a common guiding means foradjacent edges of the sliding glass panels, the other vertical edges ofsaid panels being guided vertically by the outer runways I81) and. I80.In the present example the forward vertical edge of the glass 20 andapron I. is confined within and guided by the channel shaped runway 21carried by the forward glass panel. If desired. however, theconstruction may be readily reversed and the runway 21 together with thevertical partition bar I23 maybe secured to the rear panel and slidevertically'therewith.

Any suitable regulator mechanism may be employed for shifting the glasspanel 20 vertically which in turn are operated in any suitable mannerthrough reduction gearing generally indicated at II from an operatinghandle or crank I8.

Referring to the regulator mechanism for the vertically slidable windowframe 23 it will be.

noted that the throw or vertical arc of travel of the long arm III) ofthe bell crank is materially greater than the arc of travel of the shortarm "a. Hence, a relatively great range of vertical movement of thewindow is possible as a result of this leverage arrangement. Moreover,the action of the oscillatable arm l4 and link is such as to impart arelatively faster vertical movement of the window near the lower limitof its travel thannear its upper limit of travel.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive of the drawings,vie/have shown therein a modified form of the invention. In this form,the guide means for the adjacent edges of the glass panels is carried bythe rear glass panel. The door comprises a front inclined pillar III!and a rear vertical pillar III transversely joined at the top and bottomthereof in conventional manner and forming a main window opening H2. Theouter panel of the door is shown at I II, this panel being flangedaround the window opening to provide the usual reveal portions H4. Thedoor has an inner metal panel II. The window reveal at the inner side ofthe window opening is finished by means of the usual garnish molding III. The molding III is inwardly flanged at la and together with theflanged portion I I4a of the outer panel, engages a felt covered metalchannel strip or member II8. This channel strip provides the glassrunway at the front and rear edge of the opening II2 for the slidingrear and front glass panels I20 and I2I, respectively. The front glasspanel I 2I which is mounted for swinging as well as sliding movement, isprovided at three sides with a marginal channel-shaped metal bindingstrip I22. The glass I2I in turn is supported within a skeleton metalframe I23 shaped to conform to the contour of the forward portion of thewindow opening. The frame terminates at its lower edge in a sheet metalapron I23a. The metal frame I23 is pressed around its inside to providedovetail grooves I24 within which is anchored a weather strip I25 formedof suitable material, such as rubber, shaped to cooperate with the frameI22 of the glass panel I2I when closed, so as to provide a relativelytight joint. The swinging glass panel I 2| is pivoted at its upper edgewithin the frame I23 by means of a stud I40, and at its lower edge thepanel is pivotally mounted by a stud I4I.

The rear glass panel I20 carries a metallic guide frame member I28provided with an inner flange I28a and an outer flange I28b, theseflanges being shaped to support and grip therebetween a weather stripI28 of rubber or other suitable material upon which the rear edge of theswinging glass panel l2l engages to form a tight joint. The

metal frame for the window pane! I terminates at its lower edge in adepending sheet metal apron I68. It is, of course, desirable to guidethe adjacent edges of the aprons [23a and I89 when the window panels areraised or lowered and for this purpose we have adopted the constructionbest shown in Fig. 12. Referring to this figure, a channel-shaped memberor bracket I is secured to the inside panel H5 by bolts or studs l30a.Fastened to the inner face of the member I30 is a guide plate l3l havingcurved side edges to receive the beads I231; and I 88a of'the apronmembers I I234: and I89, respectively. A spring retainer plate i3!engages the beads and together with abinder plate I33 and a series ofrivets or the like I34,- holds the beads against the guide surfaces toprovide a uniform sliding contact. It will be understood, of course,that the aprons i231: and I89 and their bead portions slideindependently and relatively to the guide member when the window panelsare raised or lowered. In order to avoid duplication in the drawings wehave not shown in Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive the operating mechanism forthe glass panels, but itis understood that the mechanism for thispurpose which is shown in the preceding figures of the drawings isembodied in the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fi s. 9. to12 inclusive.

We claim:

1. In a vehicle body having a window opening, a pair of window glasspanels slidable vertically into and out of position within a windowwell,

- one of said panels comprising a skeleton frame and a glass panelpivoted within the frame on a vertical axis located intermediate thefront and rear edges of the panel, mechanism for swinging said glasswhen the frame is elevated and including means for sliding the entireframe and glass vertically, and a common vertical guide fixed tothe bodyand located wholly within said window well for independently guidingadjacent vertical edges of said panels during sliding movement thereof.

2. In a vehicle body having a window opening, a pair of window glasspanels slidable vertically and independently into and out of positionwithin a window well, the forward panel of said pair being capable ofswinging movement when in raised position, guide means at the outeredges of said panels, movable guide means located at the joint of saidpanels carried by the rear panel and engageable with but movableindependently of said swinging panel when the rear panel moves into saidwell, and separate guide means fixed within the window well in line withsaid movable guide means to cooperate therewith to guide and maintainthe rear panel in a predetermined vertical position during its movementinto and out of said window well.

3. In a vehicle body having a window opening, a pair of window glasspanels slidable vertically and independently into and out of positionwithin a window well, the forward panel of said pair being capable ofswinging movement when in raised position, guide means at the outeredges of said panels, movable guide means located at the Joint of saidpanels carried by the rear panel and engageable with but movableindependently of said swinging panel when the rear panel moves into saidwell, separate guide means fixed within the window'well in line withsaid movable guide means to cooperate therewith to guide and maintainthe rear panel in a predetermined vertical position during its movementinto and out of said window well, and independent regulator mechanismfor operating each of said panels.

4. In a window regulator mechanism for use in a vehicle door having awindow opening and a pair of glass panels coope'rable to close theopening, the front panel being mounted to swing horizontally and toslide in an up and down direction and the rear panel being mounted toslide in an up and down direction; a regulator including a swinging arm,a retainer member secured to the lower edge of the sliding panel andconnected to said arm, an upright guide member adapted to be mounted inthe well of the door beneath the front edge portion of the slidingpanel, said guide member having a longitudinal guideway and saidretainer member having a transverse extension provided with meansslidable in said guideway.

5. In a window regulator mechanism for use in a vehicle door having awindow opening and a pair of glass panels cooperable to close theopening,'the front panel being mounted to swing horizontally and toslide in an up and down direction and the rear panel being mounted toslide in an up and down direction; a eguiator including a swinging arm,a retainer me her secured to the lower edge of the sliding panel andconnected to said am, an upright guide member adapted to be mounted inthe well of the door beneath the front edge portion of the slidingpanel, said guide member having a longitudinal guideway and saidretainer member having a transverse extension provided with meansslidable in said guideway, and said front panel also having meansslidable in said guideway.

MJLLARD H. TONCRAY. EARL H. PICKETT.

